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Romuléon (Mamerot)
The ''Romuleon'' was a Latin work describing the history of Rome, compiled by Benvenuto da Imola in the mid-fourteenth century from a number of earlier texts. It was later translated into French by two separate writers: * The '' Romuléon'' of Jean Miélot, made in 1460 for Philip the Good. * The '' Romuléon'' of Sébastien Mamerot Sébastien Mamerot (between and 1440 – 1490) was a French clergyman, scholar, novelist, and translator. Biography Originally from Soissons, Mamerot served as clergyman and secretary to Louis de Laval, governor of Dauphiné (1448–1458), Cham ..., made in 1466 for Louis de Laval, seigneur de Châtillon. A second Latin version was produced by Adamo Montaldo in the 1490s. Mamerot's translation was published in a modern edition in 2000. References {{reflist Medieval historical texts in Latin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benvenuto Da Imola
Benvenuto Rambaldi da Imola, or simply and perhaps more accurately Benvenuto da Imola (; 1330 – 1388), was an Italian scholar and historian, a lecturer at Bologna. He is now best known for his commentary on Dante's ''Divine Comedy.'' Life ''Comentum super Dantis Aldigherii Comoediam'', 1381 (BML, Ashburnham 839) He was born in Imola, into a family of legal officers. In 1361–2 he was working for Gómez Albornoz, governor of Bologna and nephew of Cardinal Egidio Albornoz.Deborah Parker, ''Commentary and Ideology: Dante in the Renaissance'' (1993), p. 184Google Books In 1365 he went on a diplomatic mission on behalf of the city, to Avignon and Pope Urban V.Christopher Kleinhenz, ''Medieval Italy: an encyclopedia, Volume 1'' (2004), p. 107Google Books At the time members of the Alidosi family dominated Imola, and other citizens looked to the papacy for a change. The petition brought by Benvenuto and others failed; the local political situation at home caused him to move on wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romuléon (Miélot)
The ''Romuléon'' is a fifteenth-century French text by Jean Miélot, telling the history of Ancient Rome, Rome from its legendary foundation by Romulus and Remus up to the emperor Constantine the Great, Constantine.McKendrick 1994, pp. 151, 156 Origins The ''Romuléon'' was translated into French beginning in 1460 by Jean Miélot, an author in the service of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. Miélot was assigned the role ‘de translater, escrier et historier les livres de Monseigneur’ (‘to translate, write out and "historiate" (either to narrate or adorn) the books of my Lord,’ i.e., the duke).Cast 1974, p. 166 His Latin source was a work, also called the ''Romuleon'', compiled in Florence between 1361 and 1364, by Benvenuto da Imola.McKendrick 1994, p. 151 The preface of this Latin work states that the compilation was taken up at the request of Gomez Albornoz, the governor of Bologna. This source in turn was based on a number of classical texts, including Livy, Livy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Miélot
Jean Miélot, also Jehan, (born Gueschard, Picardy, died 1472) was an author, translator, manuscript illuminator, scribe and priest, who served as secretary to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy from 1449 to Philip's death in 1467, and then to his son Charles the Bold. He also served as chaplain to Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, Louis of Luxembourg, Count of St. Pol from 1468, after Philip's death. He was mainly employed in the production of ''de luxe'' illuminated manuscripts for Philip's library. He translated many works, both religious and secular, from Latin or Italian into French, as well as writing or compiling books himself, and composing verse. Between his own writings and his translations he produced some twenty-two works whilst working for Philip, which were widely disseminated, many being given printed editions in the years after his death, and influenced the development of French prose style. Career Little is known of his early career. He was born at Gues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip The Good
Philip III the Good (; ; 31 July 1396 – 15 June 1467) ruled as Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death in 1467. He was a member of a cadet line of the Valois dynasty, to which all 15th-century kings of France belonged. During his reign, the Burgundian State reached the apex of its prosperity and prestige, and became a leading centre of the arts. Duke Philip has a reputation for his administrative reforms, for his patronage of Flemish artists (such as Jan van Eyck) and of Franco-Flemish composers (such as Gilles Binchois), and for the 1430 seizure of Joan of Arc, whom Philip ransomed to the English after his soldiers captured her, resulting in her trial and eventual execution. In political affairs, he alternated between alliances with the English and with the French in an attempt to improve his dynasty's powerbase. Additionally, as ruler of Flanders, Brabant, Limburg, Artois, Hainaut, Holland, Luxembourg, Zeeland, Friesland and Namur, he played an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romuléon (Mamerot)
The ''Romuleon'' was a Latin work describing the history of Rome, compiled by Benvenuto da Imola in the mid-fourteenth century from a number of earlier texts. It was later translated into French by two separate writers: * The '' Romuléon'' of Jean Miélot, made in 1460 for Philip the Good. * The '' Romuléon'' of Sébastien Mamerot Sébastien Mamerot (between and 1440 – 1490) was a French clergyman, scholar, novelist, and translator. Biography Originally from Soissons, Mamerot served as clergyman and secretary to Louis de Laval, governor of Dauphiné (1448–1458), Cham ..., made in 1466 for Louis de Laval, seigneur de Châtillon. A second Latin version was produced by Adamo Montaldo in the 1490s. Mamerot's translation was published in a modern edition in 2000. References {{reflist Medieval historical texts in Latin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sébastien Mamerot
Sébastien Mamerot (between and 1440 – 1490) was a French clergyman, scholar, novelist, and translator. Biography Originally from Soissons, Mamerot served as clergyman and secretary to Louis de Laval, governor of Dauphiné (1448–1458), Champagne (1465–1472) and Touraine (1483–1484), protégé and adviser to King Louis XI. In 1460, he became chaplain. From July 1472 to August 1478, he was a canon and cantor at the Collegiate Church of Saint-Étienne in Troyes. In 1466, he wrote '' Romuléon'', based on translating the original '' Romuleon'', a work commissioned by Louis de Laval. In 1472, Louis de Laval asked his clergyman and secretary, Mamerot, to write a chronicle of the Crusades. That work, entitled ''Passages d'outremer'', was a collection of various stories, from the legendary conquest of Jerusalem by Charlemagne to the Battle of Nicopolis in 1396 and Siege of Constantinople (1394–1402). Later on, another text was added to the beginning of the manuscript, a F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis De Laval
Louis de Laval (1411 – 21 August 1489) was a French nobleman, soldier, politician and bibliophile. Life A member of the House of Laval, Louis was born in 1411. He was the third son of the Baroness Anne de Laval (1385–1466), Anne de Laval and Baron Guy XIII de Laval, Guy XIII. He inherited the lordship of Châtillon-en-Vendelais in the barony of Vitré. He also acquired the Château de Comper, castle of Comper and the . When his elder brothers, Count Guy XIV de Laval and André de Lohéac, joined Loire Campaign (1429), Joan of Arc's campaign in 1429, Louis stayed home with their mother. In 1431, he was made captain of Jugon-les-Lacs (delegated commune), Jugon by Duke John V of Brittany. He later served Duke Peter II, Duke of Brittany, Peter II and the Constable Arthur III, Duke of Brittany, Arthur de Richemont. According to , he was one of Richemont's squires at his second wedding to Jeanne II d'Albret in 1442. He was a permanent member of Richemont's company between 1443 and 14 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
